AWARD OF THE FISHERY COMMISSION. 2429 



Q. Did you take it from Gloucester! A. No. 



Q. Where did you get it? A. At Bliss Island, N. B. 



Q. Did you go into any Dominion or Newfoundland ports for bait 

 last year? A. Yes. 



Q. Where did you go? A. Into Hermitage Bay, Newfoundland. 



Q. When were you there? A. The first of May. 



Q. Was that after you had used up the bait yon had taken from Bliss 

 Island ? A. Yes ; I took that bait to Western Bank, and afterwards 

 went to Hermitage Bay and obtained herring. 



Q. And you then proceeded to the Grand Bank ? A.- Yes. 



Q. Did you buy your bait there ? A. Yes. 



Q. Did you go at any other time last year to Newfoundland ports for 

 bait! A. Yes. 



Q. When ? A. I was at St. John's about the 1st of August, on my 

 second trip. 



Q. You had been in the mean time to Gloucester ? A. We went to 

 Gloucester on the 19th of June with our first trip. 



Q. What did you take on your first voyage? *A. 169,000 pounds. 



Q. And you proceeded direct from Gloucester to St. John's ? A. We 

 went to Canso ; we could not get "bait, there, and then we went to St. 

 Pierre Island. I bought salt bait there and went on the Bank with it, 

 reaching the Bank on the 21st of July. 



Q. You afterward went for bait to the Newfoundland coast ? A. Yes. 



Q. When did you leave the Bank to do so? A. I was on the Bank 

 10 days, leaving it about the 2d of August. I arrived in Newfoundland 

 somewhere about the 3d or 4th of August. 



Q. Is your memory distinct regarding the days ? A. Very nearly. 



Q. You got bait in St. John's and then returned to the Bank ? A. 

 No. I went in there to get ice and money. 



Q. Money for what purpose ? A. To buy bait and ice. 



Q. Did you require to get water there? A. No. We might at one 

 time get ice in St. John's, and not bait, going to some other port for 

 squid. 



Q. Did you not then go to some other port for water and other arti- 

 cles ? A. When we used to go on long trips we took water enough 

 for them, but now that we calculate to go in for fresh bait we do not 

 take as much water with us, but fill up when we go in. 



Q. You say your port charges and all at St. John's amounted to 

 $400 ? A. Yes, about that, for my last trip. 



Q. Have you any account of it ? A. Not here, but I could produce it. 



Q. You -have given us items amounting to $29.84? A. That is for 

 port charges alone. I bought bait and ice besides. 



Q. Were not several sums advanced to the crew in St. John's? A. 

 No. 



Q. Do you never so advance money in port ? A. Sometimes we let 

 them have a little money. 



Q. Does not ar great portion of this $400 consist of advances made 

 to the crew ? A. No ; it consists of what was paid for port-charges, 

 bait, and ice. Our other expenses are not included in it. We do other 

 trading around the coast. 



Q. What other trading? A. Suppose we want to buy anything for 

 the vessel, such as a barrel of Hour, we do so ; but such expenses are 

 not included in the $400. 



Q. What articles did you buy there on this occasion ? A. I could 

 not mention them all. I let the crew this year have a little money, and 

 I bought some things myself, clothing, &c. 



